what is the difference between dir and ls

Is there a difference between dir and ls?

Answer 1

[Adam]

Using the syntax

list = ls(...)

vs

list = dir(...)

gives a very different result. The former just gives you a character array of the names, the latter gives you a struct which contains information about the date modified, byte size and whether or not the particular element of the listing is a folder.

When used without return type both just give a listing of folder/file names within the given folder and no further information.